I went for my longest hike yet this past Sunday: 29 miles. I'm still a sore from it. The parts that hurts the most are my feet. That is due in large part to the boots I decided to wear. My Merrell boots area medium width. I need to be wearing a wide-sized boot.
I didn't wear my Columbia boots (which are wide-sized) because I thought there was going to be a lot of rain today. I wore them last week when it rained for the last 1.5 hours of my hike and those boots got waterlogged fairly quickly. It didn't rain this week but I came home with a couple blisters.
Aside from that it was a fine walk. I was pretty exhausted by the time I got home. It took me just over 8 hours to complete the walk. Most of it was on paved trails but there was a section in the middle that lasted for 6-7 miles that was unpaved.
I'm undecided at this point as to whether I should go through with my plans to walk from Takoma Park to Shirlington and back next weekend. Once again I think that I will play it by ear and see how I am feeling, in particular how my feet are feeling when next weekend rolls around.
I ate breakfast (oatmeal and a slice of pumpernickel raisin) before I left. While hiking I nibbled at a ProBar. That one ProBar was all I had to eat during the hike. I drank some water but not a lot. I think I need to start taking more to eat than just ProBars. I'm thinking pretzels would be a good idea and maybe some tuna fish.
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